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Tech stocks suffer worst week in nearly a year, driven down by war worries, Meta legal woes
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Tech stocks suffer worst week in nearly a year, driven down by war worries, Meta legal woes

Meta Platforms Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg (C) arrives for a meeting U.S. Sen. Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) on Capitol Hill on March 26, 2026 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images A bad week for stocks was particularly rough for tech investors, as the Nasdaq suffered its worst weekly drop since April 2025. […]

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Elon Musk’s Grok ordered to stop creating AI nudes by Dutch court as legal pressure mounts
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Elon Musk’s Grok ordered to stop creating AI nudes by Dutch court as legal pressure mounts

Nikolas Kokovlis | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk’s xAI and its chatbot Grok have been banned from creating non-consensual AI-generated images of adults and children by a Dutch court, adding to growing legal pressure on the company. Amsterdam’s District Court issued a legal order on Thursday prohibiting xAI from generating and distributing sexual imagery […]

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American Airlines in talks with Starlink and Amazon for Wi-Fi upgrade, weighs return of seatback screens
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American Airlines in talks with Starlink and Amazon for Wi-Fi upgrade, weighs return of seatback screens

An seatback on an American Airlines Boeing 737. Leslie Josephs/CNBC Bringing screens back to American Airlines‘ narrow-body planes is under “serious consideration” and a decision could be made as early as next month, according to a person familiar with the matter. It would be part of a major revamp of American’s in-flight entertainment and Wi-Fi […]

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Elon Musk’s Boring Co. tunnels aren’t wanted by most Nashville residents
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Elon Musk’s Boring Co. tunnels aren’t wanted by most Nashville residents

A modified Tesla Model X drives in the tunnel entrance before an unveiling event for the Boring Co. Hawthorne test tunnel in Hawthorne, California, December 18, 2018. Robyn Beck | Pool | Reuters When Elon Musk’s Boring Company announced plans in July to build 20 miles of tunnels in Nashville to carry passengers to and from downtown […]

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Elon Musk calls for Delaware judge to recuse herself in lawsuits, alleging bias
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Elon Musk calls for Delaware judge to recuse herself in lawsuits, alleging bias

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 22, 2026. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Elon Musk’s legal team is demanding that a judge in the Delaware Court of Chancery, Kathaleen McCormick, recuse herself from two Tesla lawsuits, alleging she showed bias in supporting a LinkedIn post that was […]

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Space stocks rally on reports of SpaceX’s imminent IPO filing
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Space stocks rally on reports of SpaceX’s imminent IPO filing

A screen displays the Firefly Aerospace logo during the company’s IPO at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York City, U.S., August 7, 2025. Jeenah Moon | Reuters Space stocks soared Wednesday following a report that Elon Musk’s SpaceX could file to go public as soon as this week. Satellite designer AST SpaceMobile and Rocket Lab […]

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Amazon acquires ‘approachable’ humanoid maker Fauna Robotics
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Amazon acquires ‘approachable’ humanoid maker Fauna Robotics

Fauna CEO Rob Cochran with a Sprout robot. Courtesy: Fauna Robotics Amazon has acquired Fauna Robotics, a startup that builds “approachable” humanoid robots for consumers and businesses, the company confirmed Tuesday. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. “We are excited about Fauna’s vision to build capable, safe, and fun robots for everyone,” an Amazon spokesperson told CNBC […]

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Baltimore is first U.S. city to sue over Grok deepfake porn as legal pressure mounts on Musk’s xAI
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Baltimore is first U.S. city to sue over Grok deepfake porn as legal pressure mounts on Musk’s xAI

The logo of the artificial intelligence company xAI appears on the screen of a smartphone placed on a surface reflecting an abstract blue illustration. Samuel Boivin | Nurphoto | Getty Images Lawsuits against Elon Musk’s xAI are piling up, with Baltimore becoming the first major U.S. city to file a complaint against the company concerning […]

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OpenAI calls out Microsoft reliance as risk in investor document ahead of expected IPO
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OpenAI calls out Microsoft reliance as risk in investor document ahead of expected IPO

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the BlackRock Infrastructure Summit on March 11, 2026, in Washington. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images In a document that resembles an IPO prospectus, OpenAI said its close ties with Microsoft could be a potential risk to its business, telling investors that the software company is responsible for “a substantial […]

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SEC’s ex-enforcement chief clashed with bosses before leaving, Reuters sources say
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SEC’s ex-enforcement chief clashed with bosses before leaving, Reuters sources say

Margaret Ryan, Director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement. Source: Harvard Law School The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s top enforcement official, who left abruptly last week, had clashed with agency leaders over the direction of its enforcement program, including the handling of cases with ties to President Donald Trump and his family, according to […]

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